Puzzle



June 8, 1937. c. o. DUTCHER PUZ ZLE Filed Sept. 12, 1955 Patented June 8, 1937 UNETE PUZZLE Coles 0. Dutcher, Utica, N. Y.

Application September 4 Claims.

This invention relates to the class of toys and puzzles and pertains particularly to a puzzle in which certain parts must be assembled.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a puzzle designed to test the ingenuity by providing certain elements which must be put together in a certain combination without changing the physical character of the several parts of the puzzle.

The invention broadly contemplates the provision of two animal figures such as horses and the figures of two riders with the riders disposed upon one body such as a card or the like and each of the animal figures upon a card, with the object of the puzzle to place each of the figures of the animals in such a position that the rider figures may be placed relative thereto in a manner to give the appearance that each rider is mounted upon an animal.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, with the understanding that the invention may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:--

Figure 1 is a view in plan of the puzzle as originally formed and before the sections have been separated;

Figure 2 is a View in perspective of the sepa rated sections of the puzzle;

Figure 3 is a view in plan of the puzzle as solve-d.

Referring now in particular to the drawing the numeral l indicates a body of a suitable thin material such as cardboard or the like, upon which are the figures of two animals 2 which are here represented as horses but may be steers, 4o mules or any other desired animal. The body I is provided with a division line, 3 to indicate where the body is to be divided so as to separate the two animals. Supplied with the body I as an integral part thereof is a portion 4 which is sepa- 45 rable from the body I on the line 5. This portion when separated from the body forms an elongated narrow strip having drawn across one face thereof two outlines each of which is indicated by the numeral 6 representing the central part of 50 the body of an animal 2. Two figures I are also drawn upon the strip l each of which is arranged to appear to straddle a body portion 6 of the animal and the figures relation.

have their feet in opposed After dividing the body 5 on the line 3 there 12, 1935, Serial No. 40,323

are obtained two cards each of which is indicated by the numeral 8 and each of which has an animal 2 thereon.

As previously stated the object of the present puzzle is to arrange the animals or the cards 8' carrying them, with the strip 4 carrying the figures i so that it will appear that each figure is riding an animal. This must be done without folding, bending or otherwise deforming the cards and strip. Figure 3 illustrates the manner in which the cards and strip must be assembled so as to make it appear that each figure l is riding an animal. As will be seen the puzzle is solved by placing the cards 8 so as to locate the animals in back to back relation. The strip 4 is then placed over the cards 8 to extend longitudinally of and to cover the abutting edges. When this has been done it must appear that each figure 1 is sitting upon or riding an animal because of the fact that the portion 6 of an animal's body upon which each figure is drawn will connect the four quarters of the animal on one card with the hind quarters of the animal upon the adjacent card.

As previously stated the invention is not limited to the use of horses or of human figures to be shown mounted thereon as it will be obvious that other figures may be employed to effect the desired result.

I claim:-

1. A puzzle, comprising two separate fiat members each designed to be disposed in edge to edge relation, each of said members having a 'complete figure represented thereon and in the same posture as the figure on the other member, and a third member having two figure representations thereon and adapted to be disposed relative to the flat members in such a manner as to make the figures of the third member each coact with a portion of each of the figure representations on the first members to form two complete pictures in each of which one of the two first figures is shown in an altered posture.

2. A puzzle, comprising two flat bodies each carrying a representation of an animal in the same posture as that on the other body, the said bodies being designed to be associated in a manner to bring the animals into a pre-determined relation, and a third body having two figures represented thereon, which is adapted to be arranged relative to the two bodies whereby a portion of each animal and one of the two figures will combine to form a complete picture in which the same animal as shown on either body will be depicted in an altered posture.

3. A puzzle, comprising two cards each bearing the representation of an animal, in the same posture of the animal on the other card, and a third card having thereon the representation of two figures each mounted upon a part of an animal figure, the said three cards being designed to be arranged tobring each of the parts of the animal figure into coacting relation with a part of each of the animals of the first two cards to form two complete pictures in each of which the animal shown on a card is depicted in a changed posture. 4. A puzzle comprising two fiat bodies each 7 having thereon a character representing an animated being, the bodies being designed to be arranged in an edge-to-edge abutting relation to 15 bring said beings into a required relationin the solution of the puzzle, and a third elongated fiat body adapted to lie longitudinally over said abutting edges and having a width sulficient only to cover certain portions of the beings nearest said edges, the third body carrying two distinct duplicate portions of said beings each extending entirely across the third body and adapted to couple a portion of one being on one of the first bodies with a portion of the other being on the other one of the first bodies to form two beings in a form of animation difierent from those depicted upon the first two bodies when the latter are uncovered by the third body.

' COLES O. DUTCHER. 

